The death toll in a typhoon that pummeled the northern Philippines reached 36, with 12 still missing, the Philippine government said yesterday.
More than 140,000 people were affected by Typhoon Chan-Hom in 11 provinces in the northern Philippines, including Manila.
More than 30,000 families were displaced by the typhoon and are currently staying with friends, relatives or in evacuation centres, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said.
The provinces of Ifugao and Pangasinan recorded the most number of deaths at 16 each, the NDCC said.
Most of the fatalities in Ifugao were killed in landslides, while the victims in Pangasinan drowned or were hit by falling debris, the NDCC said.
Four people were also killed in the provinces of La Union, Nueva Vizcaya, Bataan and Zambales.
Disaster relief officials and volunteers have rushed food, medicines, water and shelter materials to the affected areas.
Chan-Hom made landfall in the northern Philippines on Thursday, toppling trees and electrical posts, damaging more than 20,000 houses and causing widespread flooding.
More than 390 million pesos (US$8.21 million) worth of infrastructure, crops, livestock and fisheries have been destroyed in the typhoon, the NDCC said.
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